Arabic exports

amir

Arabic ʾamīr 'commander', from ʾamara 'to command', is the same word as emir. The spelling amir follows the Arabic vowels more closely and became common in English in the 19th century, for rulers such as the Amir of Afghanistan.

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The road to English

From Arabic to Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

From Arabic to Medieval Latin

From Arabic to Swahili

634 CEArabic

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